There's no quick fix when it comes to mastitis control
By milk recording cows regularly it is possible to see what is happening within the herd. File Picture.Â
Looking back to my youth, growing up on a dairy farm, if a cow had mastitis you gave her a few tubes and more often than not she got better, or so it seemed.
Nowadays, when farmers have a cow with mastitis, they are encouraged to look at the bigger picture, or even better still, to have good management systems in place to reduce the risk of mastitis happening in the first place.
